HARARE – Centre for Elections and Democracy in Southern Africa (CEDSA)’s recent court victory for elections to be held by July 31 has not only spawned controversy, but appears Pyrrhic. Amid indications that the judgment is due for sterner test in the Constitutional Court, many believed the seven-to-two ruling accentuated the prospects of another disputed…
HARARE – It is clear that President Robert Mugabe now treats Sadc with utmost contempt. He chose to travel to Japan to attend the 5th Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development. And yet he has found some excuse for not attending a crucial Sadc meeting that was scheduled for Maputo last weekend. The Tokyo conference…
HARARE – After years of political dominance by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF, conditions are ripe for a grand coalition against this non-progressive force. But even, though, circumstances for this essential push are fertile — against a movement that has enjoyed electoral success by hook or crook — quite a number of unnerving developments and…
HARARE – Once again President Robert Mugabe has shown the kind of crafty statesman he is as he outwitted Sadc and the MDC formations over a Maputo weekend date. Instead, Mugabe gave an excuse saying he was busy with “pressing constitutional duties”, among them preparing for the elections set for next month. In wriggling out…
HARARE – Attacks on two journalists going about their duties are a sad reminder of how this country is far from respecting the media. What is even more worrying is that the attacks on two journalists come against a background of pledges of peace by leading political parties in the inclusive government. On Thursday, a…
HARARE – Lovemore Madhuku sometimes rushes to make statements that do not do his law background much justice. The mediocrity in Zimbabwean politics seems to be worsening as politicians continue to manufacture problems where none should exist. Why can’t these people sit down and agree on something for once and move the nation forward instead…
HARARE – We are alarmed by Zanu PF’s belittling of Sadc’s role in the country’s political and economic crises, when it is common knowledge that President Robert Mugabe owes his position in government today to the regional body. The former liberation party should also respect South Africa’s Jacob Zuma who was seconded by Sadc as…
HARARE – We are alarmed by Zanu PF’s belittling of Sadc’s role in the country’s political and economic crises, when it is common knowledge that President Robert Mugabe owes his position in government today to the regional body. The former liberation party should also respect South Africa’s Jacob Zuma who was seconded by Sadc as…
HARARE – As fearful as we all are about elections in 2013 after the horrors of 2008 which left hundreds dead and thousands on the run, there’s no doubt that a great deal has changed in Zimbabwe since then. Top of the list most recently, must be Baba Jukwa. It’s become almost impossible to…
HARARE – We have observed with keen interest political parties turning churches into new political battlefields. And we hope that the battle for hearts and minds in the house of God will result in a free and fair election that is devoid of violence. While it is no crime for any political party to canvass…
